Re:FDIC's Position on the Role of Vacation Policy as an Inte...
by mgkimsal on Friday October 14, 2022 @01:25PM
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Similar here. 2000/2001(?), I was talking about the bus factor with a client, indicating that I'd brought on a couple more folks on my team - one part time, one full time, to avoid the bus factor.
"what do you mean?"
"oh, in case I get hit by a bus"
Silence.
Someone in their company had been hit by a bus and died a couple weeks earlier. Not in their department - it wasn't a direct friend/colleague - but it was... awkward enough that I didn't use that phrase again for a long time. And even when I do, I tend to catch myself before and rephrase it.
"what do you mean?"
"oh, in case I get hit by a bus"
Silence.
Someone in their company had been hit by a bus and died a couple weeks earlier. Not in their department - it wasn't a direct friend/colleague - but it was... awkward enough that I didn't use that phrase again for a long time. And even when I do, I tend to catch myself before and rephrase it.